Dignitary Protection

Our MissionOur mission is to provide state and local officers with the skills and abilities to perform close personal protection operations for government officials, visiting dignitaries, or persons under threat of harm.We offer a full spectrum of the most current concepts, practices and widely-established procedures used in protective service missions.The didactic curriculum is intended for the novice, as well as the experienced, practitioner of close personal protection.Police managers may utilize this training to establish a dignitary protection unit within their respective departments.

Practical exercises reinforce classroom lecture. Students conduct advances and prepare site surveys, vulnerability assessments, and operational plans; practice various foot formations and apply specialized techniques to respond to changing environments and threats to the principal. Motorcade operations prepares the student for driving in formation in various environments and responding to assaults or threats to the security of the motorcade.Students practice arrivals and departures, utilizing foot formations to embark and disembark in motorcade vehicles.Moreover, students learn ambush recognition and effective strategies to escape and evade an assault.Students receive written materials and flash drives to retain as models for protective service missions. Lap tops are not required, but are encouraged for classroom use.

The Program

Protective Service Case Studies

Detail Organization

Advances and Site Surveys

Advances, Site Surveys, Route Surveys Lab

Operational Planning with Operational Security Exercise

Operational Planning Lab

Foot Formations

Foot Formations Lab

Motorcade Operations

Motorcade Ambush with Escape and Evade Principles

Motorcade Operations Lab

Threat Assessment & Protective Intelligence

Surveillance & Counter Surveillance

Vulnerability Assessment with Practical Exercise

Students receive written materials and flash drives to retain as models for protective service missions. Lap tops are not required, but are encouraged for classroom use.